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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rath Lorien" data-source="post: 3168801" data-attributes="member: 15812">"Ah, Finnian", Anniston laughs with unexpected gusto, "You are beginning to sound like a gentlemen from The Republic -- no dishonor without intentional misdoing", Anniston laughs gently again in a good-natured way.  "Perhaps you are not entirely wrong my friend, but the world we live in is not always so forgiving.""Arguably in this case the suspension of my duties had as much to do with politics as it did my failure.  The nobles of the south are quick to find failure in the north just as the nobles of the north are quick to find it in the south.  Though at times we might wish the circumstances were different, this balance of power serves the Valley of the Light and the Church by helping her to remain healthy.""The verdict of the eclesiastical court was just.  I was not found to be in dereliction of my duty, merely found unequal to the task assigned to me.  I feel no guilt in my failure, only sadness that I failed because my charge was also my friend.  In a less demanding profession I would not be judged so harshly, but in my order to fail results in the death of someone important to the kingdom of the Light.  My order can only accept the best.  Anything less than the best is unacceptable and those found wanting must be tested.  I am being tested.  If I return victorious then I will be re-admitted to the order.  If I do not pass the test, then it would not be right to keep me in the order.""As to divine favor, it is not for fallible men to judge it, but for the Light to grant it.  We all have a path to follow and I believe that the Light reveals mine.  If it is my path to serve in the order, then the Light will show the way.  I have only to follow with passion, will, and fortitude."</blockquote>

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